Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Roman poet Juvenal wrote these words in his Satires, translating to the eponymous quandary: “Who watches the watchmen?” In the mid 1980s, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons created the twelve book series Watchmen, changing not…
Graphic Novel
Zombies Appreciation Week – Graphic Novel Review: The Walking Dead Volume #1 by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore
Title: The Walking Dead Volume 1 – Days Gone Bye Author: Written by Robert Kirkman/ Art by Tony Moore Genre: Comics / Horror / Zombies Publisher: Image Comics Publishing Date: May, 2004 Paperback: 144 pages Stand Alone/ Series :…
Last month we had Marg over to review Stephen King’s It. This month’s victim? The unsuspecting Graeme from Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review! After Graeme admitted to us that he had never read Neil Gaiman’s epic Sandman comics, we had…
Graphic Novel Review: Caliber – First Canon of Justice by Sam Sarkar & Garrie Gastonny
Title: Caliber – First Canon of Justice Author: Written by Sam Sarkar; Illustrated by Garrie Gastonny Genre: Comics – Fantasy Publisher: Radical Comics Publishing Date: November 2008 Hardcover: 144 pages Stand Alone or Series: The Graphic Novel is a…
Title: Joker Author: Written by Brian Azzarello; Art by Lee Bermejo Genre: Graphic Novel Stand alone or series: Stand alone graphic novel (not previously published as individual issues) Why did we read this book: It’s a rebirth of the…
Title: Manhunter vol. 2: Trial By Fire Author: Mark Andreyko, art by Javier Pina, Jesus Saiz, and others Genre: Graphic Novel Stand Alone or Series: Collects issues #6-14 of DC’s latest incarnation of Manhunter Summary: (from DCcomics.com)Don’t miss this…
Title: Fables: Legends in Exile Vol. 1 Author: Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Steve Leialoha, Craig Hamilton Genre: Graphic Novel Stand alone or series: First volume in the Fables comics; collects issues 1-5. Summary: (from Vertigo)Who Killed Rose Red?In Fabletown,…
Title: Manhunter – Street Justice Author: Mark Andreyko, Jesus Saiz, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Steve Buccellato Genre: Graphic Novel, Superhero Stand alone or series: Part of Mark Andreyko’s Manhunter run, collects issues 1-5 Summary: (from DCComics.com)When top federal prosecutor Kate…
Title: The Dark Knight Returns Author: Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, John Costanza, and Lynn Varley Genre: Graphic Novel Stand alone or series: Part of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Universe Summary: (from DCComics.com)It is ten years after an aging Batman…
Title: The Killing Joke Author: Alan Moore, Brian Bolland Genre: Graphic Novel Stand alone or series: Stand alone graphic novel, but part of the Batman universe Summary: (from DCComics.com)For the first time the Joker’s origin is revealed in this…